un: sparky

[electricalburn]

Hi! I'm Ike!

I know some people here are from worlds that are a lot more technologically advanced than Nippon. If you brought your phone with you, it's probably dead by now, right?

I can charge them for you!

I'm a Thunder eleman, which probably doesn't mean a lot to any of the people here, but I can create and control electricity! It's the only way I ever charge mine.

I know some people would probably like having pictures or messages from home, or an easy camera, even if that's all they can be now. And after everything that happened earlier, I thought it'd be a nice way to get to know more people.

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[protectorofsmiles]

a phone? You mean a tomephone?

[electricalburn]

They might call them something else where you're from.
The thing we're using right now to talk is something my world would consider a phone!
Even if it runs on magic instead.

So if it's electronic, and is used to communicate with people, then I can make it work again!

[protectorofsmiles]

oh neat! Too bad I don't use it much hahahaha!!!!

Tomephones started becoming a thing in my world but I never really caught on. I use linkpearls if I need to talk to someone far away!

[electricalburn]

Linkpearls?
Is that more of a magic thing than a technology thing?

[protectorofsmiles]

Yeah!! You put them in ur ear and you talk and when they talk you can hear them, even if they're across the world!!

Well in my case u just kinda...press it against ur horns hahahahahah!!!!!but it's still cool you can charge these techy things! Is there any loss when u do? Like it drains ur energy or something?

[shutter_hime]

[HOLD UP.

SOMEONE CAN CHARGE HER PHONE???]

Where are you, and I need... my phone charged so badly and what can I do in return????

[electricalburn]

I'm in Nihonbashi, but we can meet somewhere else!

Just not in a big crowd, since I don't want to shock anyone if they accidentally bump into me while I charge it.

It won't hurt them much, but they won't like it.

[shutter_hime]

[She so excited about the prospect of having at least some kind of camera she almost doesn't reply back.]

That's no problem! Isn't there like, a little park on [Street]? We can meet there. I run past it every morning, and it's usually pretty empty looking.

[electricalburn]

That'll be perfect!

I'll probably be the only one there with red hair, so I should stand out!


[And true to his word, he's waiting at a bench in a bright green ensemble, hands folded up in his sleeves... and being stared down by like a dozen nekomata, who've yet to leave the city since that incident earlier this week. He's trying not to make eye contact.]

[shutter_hime]

I'm tall with pink hair, so same!

[Sure enough, Kokoro arrives in an outfit that maybe shows off a little bit too much of her calves, but whatever. She worked hard to be strong, and her calves are nice, damn it. Finding Ike is, actually, pretty easy at least. And she's tall enough to see him over over the heads of the few people that are wandering past.]

Sorry if I kept you waiting, I had to put things away at the place I work at.

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[bloodyroses]

What's a phone?

[electricalburn]

[In which Ike comes from a world where this isn't an uncommon question--]

They're electronic devices used to communicate.

Originally they were just for speech, and were connected through wires underground or in the air. But the ones I'm talking about are more like the device we're using right now, which use a different method to send messages to different devices.

These ones are powered by magic, but I've met some people who come from worlds where magic doesn't exist. So their phones need to be charged with electricity, and when they run out, they'll stop working!

[bloodyroses]

This is like when everyone thought the robot that was traveling with us was the same as a car, isn't it.

[electricalburn]

[Uh]

I don't know?

Maybe?

[bloodyroses]

So like

cars used to be a lot more common in my world

but other than in one country and some cities on an island off to the west, you don't really have them in the streets or anything

most of the cars got destroyed 3000 years ago

They don't even call them cars when I ran into some? In Jarek they called them autocarriages.

text, un: birdinthehand

[chichichi]

That's very thoughtful of you, but are you sure? You might wind up buried under a pile of phones and electronic devices, being so generous.

[electricalburn]

I don't mind!
I have to discharge electricity every day anyway, so I might as well be making use of it!

[chichichi]

[ This person... ]

In that case, where would you like to meet?

It'd probably be easier to talk in person than over this device, too.

[electricalburn]

[Speak for yourself lady he's shy!!]

I'm over in Nihonbashi, but we can meet somewhere else if that's easier!

Just as long as it's nowhere crowded, since I might shock someone if they bump into me while I'm charging something.

[chichichi]

As long as it isn't still overrun with nekomata, that should be fine.

I should be obvious. I'll probably be the only person with feathers in her hair in the area and my manner of dress isn't local today. What about you?

Text - un: Uravity

[floatsaway]

omg if you could charge my phone, that'd be so wonderful!!
I know it seems like you're getting a lot of requests but...
I'd be really, really grateful to be able to use my camera, and read some old text threads...

[Man, just being able to see pictures of her friends, her parents, and read those old text threads... Ochako takes a deep and steadying breath, clutching the locket she got a few weeks back, with the picture of her mom and dad tucked snuggly inside.]

I don't have much in ways of money right now, but I can make you something to eat as payment.
I'm not the best cook, but what I can make is tasty!!

[electricalburn]

Don't worry about other people asking too, it's not a big deal for me to use my element like this!
I actually need to discharge electricity everyday anyway, so I'd much rather it be going to a good use than just shooting it into the ground.

[But oh... oh... he didn't consider he could ask for food in return.]

[This could be a game changer.]

You don't have to give me anything in return
But
If you're good at making sweets, I won't say no to any! I have a pretty specific diet, so it's been tricky finding things I can actually eat.

[floatsaway]

LOL you sound like my friend a little bit. ^o^
He had a quirk that let him generate and discharge electricity himself, and sometimes he'd charge our phones when we were too lazy to go get our plugs.

[Kaminari was the true hero they needed, when various members of their class were in the common room or library area, doing work on their laptops and they batteries were about to die. He'd always just race in and shove the plug into his mouth or something when they yelled for him. It was kind of funny watching him vault over the back of the couch sometimes...

Ochako misses him. :(]

Oh!!
Yeah actually, I'm REALLY good at baking! Not like another of my friends, but he taught me how to make crepes and other really yummy things!!
I....really like sweets a lot. ^^;;;
I can make super good mochi, too!!

[electricalburn]

[What the heck is a quirk tho]

I don't know what mochi is, but if it's sweet, I'll like it!
I just can't have anything with too much protein in it, since my body can't process it very well.

[Understatement. It's like pouring gasoline on the embers he's constantly trying to contain.]

[floatsaway]

[OH. MY GOD??]

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MOCHI IS?! Σ(°ロ°)
omg I have to make it for you now!!
It's my favorite snack!
It's like a sticky, stretchy, chewy cake made from rice flour!! I can fill it with a strawberry and some sweet red bean paste, too!
I'm REALLY good at making mochi!

...And if you don't like it, I'll eat it. :D